Otue Lt j a Df I, Scoreboard NATIONAL HOCKE EAGUE MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL FLORIDA 5, Montreal 2 No. 2 WAKE FOREST 61, Va. Tech 44 PHILADELPHIA 4, Phoenix i No. 9 LOUISVILLE 71, Depaul 54 N.V Islanders at CALGARvY inc. No. 20 XAVIER 91, Rhode Island 79 BAYLOR 76, No. 23 Texas 72 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION SYRACUSE 93, Seton Hall 60 Detroit 93, MILWAUKEE 84 Hnme team in CAPS Wednesday January 29, 1997 9 .Injury during scuffle sidelines Muckalt for 3 weeks By Andy Knudsen Daily Sports Writer It's a coach's nightmare. Injuries are a part of sports, but they're not sup- posed to happen in practice. Junior left wing Bill Muckalt is expected to miss three weeks after dislocating his left shoul- der Monday. What makes the injury even worse is that it appened as a result of a scuffle between Muckalt and goaltender Marty Turco - his housemate. "You hate to lose players in practice," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "It's bad enough to lose them in a game. So I am not very happy about it." The incident occurred early in Monday's practice after Muckalt took a shot on. Turco. As Muckalt skated by to the right of the goal, the net- minder took a swing at Muckalt with his stick. Muckalt then turned around and charged back at Turco who came out to meet him. Muckalt They collided and fell, after which assistant coach Mel Pearson escorted Muckalt off the ice. "It was a freak accident," said Muckalt, who has been wearing a cast on his left hand since the Jan. 7 game against Cornell due to ligament dam- age. "When we fell on the ice I just fell awkward. I couldn't really brace myself because I had a cast on my hand. "It could've happened just sliding into the boards.' Turco said it was Muckalt's hard, high shots that made him lose his temper. But the house- mates discussed the incident afterwards and said that no hard feelings exist. "We had a long talk about certain things, about me and about him, and I think a lot came out of it," Turco said. "Unfortunately, someone had to get hurt out of the whole ordeal." Muckalt said: "We're great friends. I'd be the first guy to back him up." Muckalt is the Wolverines' third-leading scor- er with 43 points (18 goals, 25 assists). He tallied 28 goals and 30 assists during last year's champi- onship season. "It's a big loss anytime a regular player gets injured at this time in the season;' Berenson said. "The good thing is he'll be back in time to get geared up for the playoffs." Among the games Muckalt will miss are con- tests against second-place Lake Superior State and fourth-place Michigan State on Feb. 7 and 8. Taking Muckalt's place on the top line with Brendan Morrison and Matt Herr will be Warren Luhning, who has been slumping recently an the offensive end. Sophomore Dale Rominski will move up to play with Bobby Hayes and John Madden on the second line. Blue just an injury away from Lions fate UNIVERSITY PARK - Sixteen games into last season, Penn State was 15-1. The Nittany Lions had cracked the top 25 for the :first time since the late 1960s, and were steaming their way to a second- place Big Ten finish in only their fourth season in the conference. No one exactly expected a repeat poerformance from this season's crew. Whfter all, the Lions' top two leading scorers in conference play last sea- son, Matt Gaudio and Glenn Sekunda, were lost to graduation, as were their com- bined 26-plus points per game. VALLBut nobody cAMCA LL expected things Whatcha talkin' to be this bad. bout Willis? Going into last night's game against Michigan, Penn State was 8-8 overall, and was challenging Northwestern's hold on the Big Ten cellar door with a 1-6 conference mark. The key to the Nittany Lions' eteoric fall from national basketball 'brace is injuries. Senior point guard Olan Earl - considered one of the top three in the Big Ten at his posi- tion - has been out of action all sea- son because of a back injury. That's apother 12 points per game the Lions are missing - and it hurts. And gone from last night's contest was senior forward Rahsaan Carlton, who has averaged nearly 10 points pr game in Big Ten play over the iurse of his career. So Michigan's 67-59 win at the still-pretty-close-to-brand-new Bryce Jordan Center last night was hardly a shocker. A good payback by the Wolverines after a 10-point loss here last season, and a boost in the confer- ence standings. And that's about it, right? Wrong. If there's anything Michigan needs to take away from .st night's contest, it is how very, very easily the Wolverines could be in the same dire straits as the Nittany Lions. It's hard to imagine an injury to any one of Michigan's top-seven players that wouldn't spell trouble for the Wolverines. The squad has been without all three of its big men for a substantial amount of time during the season - Maceo Baston was side- 'ned early in the season by an chilles tendon injury, and both Maurice Taylor and Robert Traylor have both spent some extensive time in foul trouble. And when these three have been out, it's been a dicey situa- tion for Michigan. The Wolverines have been lucky to get some wins they probably shouldn't have gotten. Imagine this, if you will: one of the guards goes out for the rest of the eason. Any of them. If Travis Conlan goes down, the Wolverines lose their }best defender and a team leader. If =Brandun Hughes sits, they lose a scrappy player, a fiery sparkplug. And if Louis Bullock is on the shelf, well, there goes the neighborhood. Late Lions rally 1"WAK not to t my Daulojie Rnw Daily Sports Editor UNIVERSITY State men's baske of the "Little1 worked for awhil( But behind a impression of N managed to outr Nittany Lions an night. Despite a relat played game, Mic who finished w rebounds, and L ished with 23 p Mic Pen throws down the 16th-ranked Wol 15-5 overall) to a Lions (1-7, 8-9) Center. "We're going h coach Steve Fishc pleased with how the road is diffict prevail and that's The Wolverine time, 35-31, and t start the second. But the Lions lead, holding Mic 11-minute span, lead was whittle remaining. After turnover floor, Michigan's running jumper t 2:18 left. Traylor off a feed from Wolverines a 59- went to work and' a row. Traylor fol tative slam to sea "I didn't try Bullock said. "It' tried to control th tempo." Yesterday's vict little closer to thl standings. At 5-3 Wolverines are i nearly enough ame Michigan hors third place. Penn State, which has lost seven of its past eight games - all-Big PARK - The Penn Ten matchups -is now alone in the Big tball team's impression Ten basement at 1-7. Engine That Could" Last night's victory was the e. Wolverines' first win at Universityark Tractor and a good since Feb. 17, 1993. Since that;time, Mark Price, Michigan Michigan had lost two straight atIenn race the undermanned State, once in the old Recreation Hall d eek out a victory last and once in Bryce Jordan. This season, the Lions have had to ively close and evenly contend with a rash of injuries. They ,higan's Robert Traylor, have been without one of their stars, ith I1 points and 1I guard Dan Earl, who has not seedne ouis Bullock, who fin- minute of action due to a back injug. oints and buried free And last night, the "Lions were also without Rahsaan Carlton, who is nursing hg67 an arthritic knee, and Phil Williams, who attended a family funeral. Theirabsence left the Lions very thin in the post. in State 59 "In spite of the injuries, the kids from (Penn State) competed exceptionally hard," Fisher said. e stretch, sparked the Penn State's other star guard, Pete verines (5-3 Big Ten, Lisicky, picked up much of the slack. He 67-59 victory over the buried five 3-pointers en route to 19 at the Bryce Jordan points. He hit three of his five 3-pointers in the first half, helping the Njttany ome happy," Michigan Lions amass an early 13-5 lead. er said. "I'm not totally Penn State scored nine points off we played,(but) life on turnovers in the first half, most off of ult. We found a way to Michigan gaffes in the low post. important." But, riding a hot-handed Bullock, the s held the lead at half- Wolverines staged an early comeback. reeled off a 10-1 run to After a timeout, Bullock beat his man off the dribble, split two defenders and sunk chipped away at the a driving layup to make it 13-7. higan scoreless over an On the Wolverines' next trip down the until the Wolverines' floor, Bullock hit a pull-up jumper in the ed to one with 4:08 lane cutting the Penn State lead to four. The Lions built the lead back up to s on both ends of the 16-11, but after a timeout, Bullok hit Travis Conlan hit a one of his three 3-pointers, cuttng~ the o make it 57-54 with lead to two. followed with a slam After Penn State center Calvin Booth n Conlan, giving the hit a layup, Bullock answered again. 54 lead. Then Bullock Traylor, who was triple-teamed in the buried six foul shots in post, kicked the ball out to a wid(epen lowed with an authori- Bullock who buried a 3-pointer from the l the game. left side, making it 18-17. to force anything," For the rest of the half, the momentum was a slow game. They seesawed, but Michigan had the lead at he ball and control the halftime, 35-31. "We played good defense' Penn State ory pushes Michigan a coach Jerry Dunn said,"We were mak- ie top of the Big Ten ing big stops. We were still right there. If in conference play, the we get a couple shots to go down, and it's in sole possession of a different story." MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily Despite poor shooting, Maurice Taylor and the Wolverines held on to beat Penn State, 67-59, last night in University Park. Taylor finished with eight points and nine boards. Louis Bullock led all scorers with 23. _ _ _o. r s..s "a............................... ONE"" System and networkI G g o ,Its as common as pulling an all-nighter or dining on piza for breakfast. Assignments today are just more data-intensive, with multimedia and massive files to download, manipulate, and forward. Enter Adaptec. Our formula helps systems run ULTRA SCSI GIVEAWAY Attend an upcoming Information Session with Adaptec at your school and you'll be entered into a drawing for a chance to win an Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI host adapter kit for your PC (a $300 value). MICHIGAN INFORMATION SESSION Thursday, February 6 * 6:30 - 8:30 pm * Room 1005 EE/CS Building Have dinner on us! Pizza and drinks will be served.